Newbury Park has won six straight games at home, while Yorba Linda has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Newbury Park Panthers will host the Yorba Linda Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. Newbury Park is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 41.7 points per game this season.
Newbury Park is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 24-13 win over San Clemente. The 24-point effort marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
A big part of Newbury Park's victory came down to the chemistry between Brady Smigiel and his top target Shane Rosenthal. Smigiel threw for 218 yards and two touchdowns while Rosenthal picked up 94 receiving yards and a touchdown. Newbury Park also got a significant boost from Tyler Stromsoe, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 88 yards.
Newbury Park didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Drew Cofield and Balen Betancourt. Betancourt has been hot recently, having also posted eight or more total tackles the last four times he's played.
Meanwhile, Yorba Linda faced Serra in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Yorba Linda snuck past Serra with a 24-20 win.
Yorba Linda's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Holden Nagin, who threw for 174 yards and a touchdown while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushed for 41 yards. Another back making a difference was Cole Nerio, who rushed for 54 yards and two touchdowns.
Yorba Linda was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 195 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Yorba Linda's defense made their presence known, laying out Jimmy Butler. six times. Leading the way was Blake Thorp with three sacks.
Yorba Linda has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 30.8 points per game. As for Newbury Park, their victory bumped their record up to 12-0.
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